[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]BradTGIF wrote:
I had a really upset (and quiet) student approach me inbetween classes ask me why I always stare at her mouth, and that it made her uncomfortable. [/quote]
So, wait-- would [i]" 'Cuz you got a purty mowth" have been the wrong answer?
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That would have been a lie…
[quote]BradTGIF wrote:
I can do it.
I was legally deaf in one ear or the other one (not at the same time) when I was in my early teens thanks to a series of surgeries to get my hearing fixed.
So I learned how to read lips to kind of “fill in the gaps” of stuff I was hearing. Nowadays, I try not to unless I’m watching what a coach is yelling at his QB or whatnot on TV.
Whoever mentioned the creepiness above, you’re right. I had a really upset (and quiet) student approach me inbetween classes ask me why I always stare at her mouth, and that it made her uncomfortable. Don’t really consciosly try to do it anymore, but I catch myself when I’m speaking with a mumbler or someone who’s quiet. [/quote]
Cool, that’s interesting. I’ve never had anyone come up to me and ask not to stare at their faces. Probably because I can’t really hide that I’m deaf. However, I’ve really gotten better at sustaining eye contact while using the edge of my periphial vision to read lips, particulary after getting a cochlear implant some years ago
Hate to burst your bubble op but you’d need hawk-like vision to really lip read from across a bar. You’d also need incredible concentration, it would also be obvious from a mile away what you were up to. Lighting would have to be good, shed have to be visable, preferably anywhere from 3/4 to head-on view. Different people pronounce and move differently so at least a couple hours of “learning” a person helps. Some idea of what they are talking about is critical-successful lip-reading is very much about exploiting the semi-discursive nature of thought and conversation. Even with all that in favor its probably 50-50 that you’d get it.
Hopefully your lady of interest doesn’t have facial hair either, which would be bad for lip-reading.
But yeah, lip-reading is an awesome skill to have, woot.
[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:
But if there is anything we know, it’s that what a woman says and what a woman really wants are 2 different things entirely- They are so irrational!! hahaha
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Exactly…
A better skill to have is to be able to read body language.
You can pretty much control a conversation if you know what the person is thinking.
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
Was watching a show where they had a lip reading expert called in to look at some old WW1 footage to figure out what they were saying.
Got me thinking…how cool would it be to have this ability.
Your at a bar and you spot a babe with her friends. They whisper to each other, giggle etc.
Is she saying “That guy looks like he has the bread to by my drinks all night and then I’ll dump him at closing” or something like that. Pass on that one.
Same situation but she says something like " I saw the same guy here last week and I wished he would’ve asked me out, or something along those lines. Go talk to her.
Being a perpetually horny male this is the first situation that popped into my head lol.
So many situations this could come in handy…or would it corrupt yourself completely over time.
Pros and cons please. [/quote]
that’s awesome! were they reading the lips of officers sitting around or soldiers in the trenches? cuz I know what the machine gunners were saying…
“DIE FUZZY BUNNY DIE, DIE FUZZY BUNNY DIE” ^^